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Synonyms
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)
Antonyms
ardent, blazing, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, hot, igneous, molten, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, seething, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, warming, white-hot
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What's best about the Perseids is they can be enjoyed during summer's warmth, unlike the often nippy nights during the Leonids of November or Geminids of December. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "Catch a shooting star: The summer's best meteor shower – the Perseids – peak tonight," 12 Aug. 2019 The weather was mixed, sometimes nippy and gray, but nobody seemed to mind. — Laura Mallonee, WIRED, "Forget the Bahamas. China's Cruises Are Where It's At," 10 June 2019 Anyone who knows about Cape Town beaches will tell you that the Atlantic waters in this part of the world are nippy at best, yet somehow, the coves and lagoons of this park feel at least a few degrees warmer than their counterparts to the south. — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, "3 Best Day Trips From Cape Town," 14 Sep. 2018 But Ivan Gazidis found that his feet were a bit nippy and changed his mind, instead leaning to the more experienced Spaniard, who's actually won some Europa League titles with Sevilla. — SI.com, "Wait, What? Twitter Gets Really Confused as Monday May 21 Sees a Night of Big Change at Arsenal," 21 May 2018 When April comes, its puffs of steam hang briefly in the moist, nippy air, surrounded by as much blue as a ship on a sea. — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, "Will There Always Be an England?," 27 Apr. 2018 Reports from the palace say Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is absolutely gutted by the loss of her beloved corgi Willow, the last in a royal line of loyal, nippy dogs who have kept the monarch company during her entire reign. — William Booth, chicagotribune.com, "Queen Elizabeth II loses her last corgi, Willow, marking the end of a scrappy canine dynasty," 18 Apr. 2018 After scoring a career-high 15 points in a 94-88 loss at Atlanta on Sunday night, Jonathan Isaac spent a good 10 minutes in a cold plunge icing down his left ankle in nippy 48-degree water. — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Jonathan Isaac making most of minutes in injury-riddled season," 2 Apr. 2018 Temperatures could get a bit nippy once again, around 30 degrees downtown, with 20s likely outside of the Beltway. — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, "D.C.-area forecast: Dangerous winds roar today and tonight; showers end with snowflakes," 2 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nippy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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